In the Great Hall of the Holy Citizens, the three-hour award ceremony finally came to an end.

The penultimate award goes to Best Director.

When Robert De Niro, who was the guest of honor, took the stage and read out the name of Anthony Minghella, the director of "The English Patient", after some introduction, the award ceremony was basically no suspense.

As of Best Director, The English Patient, a touching drama about a love story that took place in North Africa during World War II, has won eight of the 12 nominations, and in this case, the final award for best picture is a certainty.

After just three hours of the awards ceremony, many guests at the scene had a feeling in their minds: although a young tycoon did not attend the awards ceremony, this Hollywood honor event has been shrouded by the other party's figure in all aspects.

First of all, the ceremony broadcast television station, ABC, is affiliated with Daenerys Entertainment.

Secondly, the award presenters, whether it is two generations of xenophiles, or Sylvester Stallone, who returned to the peak of his career with "Game of Braves", or the Thunderbolt Trio, or even the actor of "Mission Impossible 2" Nicolas Cage, etc., most of them belong to the descendants of Daenerys Entertainment.

Again, the Melisandre party, the big party that has been confirmed as the official after-party for the Oscars, is still led by someone. Although it is only one event a year, the gathering is beneficial for the luxury group Mélisandre's branding and marketing promotion.

Finally, naturally, it is also the most important award.

"The English Patient", which seems to have nothing to do with Daenerys Entertainment, won a big victory, but as we all know, MGM, the producer of this movie, has Australia's Johnston Holdings and other capitals, and is actually a vassal of Daenerys Entertainment under the control of Simon Westeros.

In addition, although it only won one Best Original Screenplay award, "Soul Catcher", which has achieved a bumper harvest both at the box office and reputation during this time, and "Ice Storm", which also won the two core awards of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, are all from Daenerys Entertainment.

Even the "Madame Peron" starring Madonna, an award for Best Original Song, is not empty-handed. The film also has a lot to do with Simon Westeros.

All in all, all aspects of this awards ceremony that can be used can be said to have been squeezed to the extreme by Daenerys Entertainment, leaving only some scraps from other studios.

What is most unacceptable to some is that this situation is clearly going to continue for many years to come.

Simon Westeros is only 29 years old this year!

Inside the auditorium hall.

The award for Best Picture was Roland Emmerich, which was another expected candidate.

The German director created an unprecedented box office miracle two years ago with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," and there is another "Day of Independence" coming out this summer. Moreover, the recent official announcement of Daenerys Entertainment officially announced the comet hitting the earth film "Heaven and Earth Collision", and the director is still Emmerich.

Obviously, it's still a lineage.

In the end, the awards were announced quickly, and "The English Patient" successfully won the Best Picture Golden Man without any suspense.

Saul Zaenz, Anthony Minghella, Ralph Fiennes and other main creators took the stage at the same time, and many celebrities who were a little tired after supporting the stage for three hours began to regain their spirits, and there was an important entertainment next.

Melisandre party.

There is no compulsion, of course you can not go. It's just that such an opportunity to make contact with a young tycoon in person, if you miss it, you will have to wait another year. Relatively speaking, if other people show their faces in front of Simon Westeros and talk about it, they can make an impression, and maybe they will be remembered first when they have the right opportunity.

It's still a trade-off.

As the crowd of guests began to rush to the Sunset Tower Hotel after the ceremony, Simon was chatting with Jonathan Friedman and others on the terrace of the hotel's rooftop bar.

Also coming to the party early, Jonathan this time is mainly to let George Miller and Simon, who have just signed under the umbrella recently, get in touch with each other.

The Australian director who pioneered the "Mad Max" series has had a bumpy career in recent years, or rather, the Australian director who has been able to control and succeed in various themes on the timeline has always been quite bumpy, such as George Miller's version of "Justice League", which was prepared for a long time, but died near the start of filming. For example, the masterpiece "Mad Max: Fury Road", which has been in my heart for 20 years, has gone through twists and turns before it can be put on the big screen.

George Miller's bad luck seems to have started all these years.

In the '90s, Miller's only film he directed was 1992's "Regenerative Journey," starring Nick Knott and Susan Sarandon about a couple who go through hardships to save their son, who is considered by the medical community to have a terminal illness.

The film is based on a real case and costs $30 million, but unfortunately it was not a box office success.

Then, George Miller got Warner's approval and began to prepare for the fourth part of "Mad Max".

It's a pity that there has been no result all these years.

Because when George Miller finally came up with a complete plan, he happened to encounter the box office failure of "Future Water World", which was also a wasteland theme, and the budget for the fourth part conceived by Miller was too high, which was vetoed by Warner.

As a result, from 1992 to 1997, George Miller wrote and produced only a fantasy comedy, "Baby Piggy," in 1995, based on an animal theme by British Dick King Smith.

This is also a project that has been brewing in Miller's mind for more than ten years, when because of the preparation of "Mad Max 4", Miller gave up the directorship to another Australian colleague, and the final cost of 30 million US dollars, although the North American box office is not too good, only more than 60 million, overseas sales of 190 million, the global box office revenue of up to 250 million US dollars, a great success.

After "Baby Piggy", Warner still did not release "Mad Max 4", but let Miller continue to work on the sequel to "Baby Piggy" while the iron was hot.

The idea of "Baby Piggy" had been exhausted in the first part, and Miller didn't want to make a sequel, but he couldn't resist Warner's request and had to agree. The project was officially approved at the end of last year, named "Little Pig Enters the City", with a budget of 80 million US dollars.

This time George Miller also served as the director himself.

Simon naturally knows the follow-up to the film, the standard dog-tailed mink, with a cost of $80 million, and the final global box office is less than $70 million, which can be called a blood loss. As a result, the box office fiasco led to Miller's stumbling for many years, until the 2006 3D animated film Happy Feet re-established itself, and almost a decade later, "Mad Max: Fury Road" was able to meet the audience.

The main thing about this meeting before the official start of tonight's party is that things have changed.

George Miller's brokerage contract was originally signed with his friend and long-time partner Mel Gibson under ICM, and his career has not been going well for several years, which has changed Miller's mind, and it just so happens that another Hollywood agency giant, WMA, has frequently thrown olive branches, and finally decided to switch to Jonathan's side.

I just signed a contract recently.

Jonathan Friedman's relationship with Simon is well known, and Miller is clearly trying to take advantage of this relationship in the hope of getting a better opportunity from Daenerys Entertainment.

In fact, George Miller and Simon have crossed paths several times in previous years.

Simon also visited the film when the filmmaker was the producer of "Horizon Crossing," starring Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman, and had several pleasant encounters on other occasions, and with Simon's close relationship with the Australian side, the two sides should have been very compatible.

Unfortunately, the problem is that the rise in status of a young tycoon over the years has been so fast that no one can reach him, and it is difficult for most people to establish too close personal relationships with him unless the other party takes the initiative.

Bar terrace.

If you can't get out of reach, Courteney Cox, who also came with Jonathan Friedman tonight, feels even more deeply.

She knew him before Sandra Bullock and the others.

Now, to mention the overwhelming news about the collapse of the Nasdaq during the day today, almost every report mentions the personal net worth of a person who was at the peak of the Nasdaq at 10 a.m. at $2.3 trillion. 2.3 trillion US dollars is completely beyond Courtney's imagination, what she can experience is that the young man around her at this moment has hardly changed much compared with 10 years ago, and now, 10 years later, she can be called a huge power in Hollywood.

Under this power, she only has the identity of Simon Westeros, a former friend of the opposite sex who has been seen through by more and more people over the years. So much so that if she wants to see him today, she can only achieve it with Jonathan Friedman's light.

For George Miller, just remembering a bombardment of "Mad Max: Fury Road" is enough to make Simon value it very much.

However, in the time before the official start of Melisandre's party, Simon only chatted with Miller about the "Pigs in Town" that the other party was planning, and did not remind him that it was a super big hole. Those who have fallen to the bottom will be more convenient and convenient to use in the future.

Anyway, it's Warner.

Simon also thought again about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is no longer far away.

With George Miller's ability, he can completely introduce this big name who can control sci-fi, animation, comedy, action and other genres into the creative team of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the future.

Everyone chatted happily about various topics, and it was not until Angela Aarendz came over to remind the crew of "The English Patient" that Simon ended the conversation with Jonathan, Miller and others. Just as he was about to leave with Zhu Momo, who had been beside him all the time, noticing Courteney Cox's expectant gaze, Simon remembered something, paused and said: "The heroine of "Heaven and Earth Collision", I think you are quite suitable, and the results will be released in the near future, wait for good news." ”

After Simon finished speaking, he didn't wait for Courtney to speak, and left the bar terrace surrounded by a group of people.

Courteney stayed at the end, with a complicated look.

Even, some kind of inexplicable regret and grievance makes people want to cry.

Frankly speaking, because of that little acquaintance at the beginning, he was good enough to her. The heroine of the "Superman" series, she wanted it, so she successfully got it, the heroine of "Heaven and Earth Collision", she participated in the audition, and she didn't take the initiative to speak today, he had already expressed his position on the spot, which is definitely something that many Hollywood actresses dream of.

But in any case, Courteney could not be happy.

On the other side, Simon and others quickly caught up with the crew of "The English Patient" who returned with a full load.

"Congratulations, Saul, for another best film, and I'm already looking forward to your next step. ”

"Oh, thank you, Simon, I know you helped me a lot with the production of this movie," Saul Zaynz said to Simon in the lobby of the bar on the top floor of the Sunset Tower, "By the way, I heard that the production of "The Lord of the Rings" has begun?"

"yes. ”

"Then ......" Saul Zaynz continued, then reacted and said with a smile: "Oh, sorry, Simon, I should give the time to the others, maybe we can talk later, no one is more looking forward to "The Lord of the Rings" being brought to the big screen than me?"

"Of course. ”

Simon nodded, waiting for Saul Zaynz to walk away for a while, before turning to Anthony Minghella and the others, who were still holding the little golden figures, and congratulated them one by one.

followed by the crews of "Soul Catcher" and "Ice Blood Storm", which arrived closely.

"'Ice Storm' is a really good movie, Joel, and Ethan, keep it up, I'm sure you'll get Oscar recognition sooner or later. ”

"Thank you, Simon. ”

The elder brother of the Coen brothers said this, glanced at Zhu Momo beside Simon, hesitated slightly, and then said: "If I am not mistaken, this is the heroine of Zhang's new film "Have Something to Say", right?"

Zhu Momo followed the man silently to make a dutiful vase throughout the whole process, although he couldn't say anything, but occasionally he was looked at by some actresses who usually only heard his name, and his vanity was still full. At this time, I didn't expect that someone would recognize me on this occasion.

Simon was also a little surprised, but nodded: "Yes," and said and helped to introduce: "Momo, this is Joel Cohen, and Ethan Cohen." ”

Zhu Momo hurriedly stepped forward to greet him obediently and shook hands with the brothers one by one.

I wanted to compliment a few words, but, frankly speaking, the girl really hadn't seen the brothers' movie, so it was inevitable that she would be a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, the men around him are not the kind that will embarrass a girl too much, Joel Cohen quickly took the initiative to explain and said: "Ethan and I watched Zhang's new film in Berlin last time, and the most memorable thing is the performance of this Miss Zhu, and Zhang's dramatization of Miss Zhu's height is very interesting." ”

When Joel Cohen said this, Simon reacted.

"Something to Say" was released in China as this year's Chinese New Year film, and it also participated in the Berlin Film Festival in February. However, compared with Zhang Guoshi's other films, although "Something to Say" was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Berlin, it was completely just a gold-plated soy sauce nature, and he didn't expect any awards, and he did not get any awards in the end.

Unexpectedly, the Coen brothers also went to Berlin at that time and watched the movie.

As for Zhu Momo's side, because the girl's net height is only one centimeter lower than Lao Jiang, she should have paid a little attention to it, and there is no problem with playing. But in the actual production process, Zhang Guoshi and Lao Jiang finally adopted another scheme that deliberately highlighted Zhu Momo's height, allowing the girl to wear a 12-centimeter hate height throughout the whole process, and added some additional lines to make the tension between men and women appear more tense.

The end result is obviously great too.

Not only in China, because of the hit screening of "Have Something to Say", Zhu Momo became famous all over the country for a while, obviously, professional filmmakers such as the Coen brothers were also impressed.

Of course, that's all.

Zhu Momo's height is too high, especially in the Chinese film circle, which is close to the level of a special actor, and it is destined to be difficult to develop too much, so it is safe to be your own model and go further. In terms of movies, at most, some suitable characters are occasionally selected to show their faces.

Simon and the Coen brothers took the opportunity to move to a nearby booth and continued to talk about another new film that the two started filming in January at the beginning of the year, and the famous "Murder of Green Toes".

This is the Coen brothers' least award-winning black absurd comedy, and the audience is also polarized, but it is regarded as a masterpiece by some die-hard fans, and a special governor culture was born around the hero's attitude to life.

Simon belongs to the kind of person who likes this film very much, so he decided to continue the cooperation after "Ice Storm".

In addition, Simon also made some small interference in the casting of the film, giving the role of Bonnie, the millionaire's young wife, to Charlize Theron, and the South African diamond has been quietly pressed by Simon in recent years, and it is time to gradually shine.

After all, it is also the kind that is very suitable for introducing the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Simon and the others had just sat down in the booth, and Madonna, who participated in the Oscars and was a guest performer because of the nomination for "Madame Peron", came over with her new boyfriend. New boyfriend Simon also knows Guy Ritchie, who has just recently become famous with "Two Big Smoking Guns", but has re-put history in its place.

This is not surprising.

Madonna likes Cult violent crime movies very much, Quentin's "Reservoir Dogs" was also publicly praised by the Queen, and Quentin was given a record because of her evaluation in the film, but unfortunately Quentin was too ugly, and the two did not hook up together, but Madonna still participated in Quentin's "Four Rooms" with several other directors.

This time, "Two Big Smoking Guns" once again fits the taste of the Queen, and Guy Ritchie's appearance is also considered to be good, and it is still a British accent that can easily make Americans lose their resistance, so it is logical that Queen Mai will get started.

After the Queen Mai and the couple came over, the Coen brothers quickly took the initiative to get up and leave, and then the other guests came forward to greet Simon and talk.

Until Kate Beckinsale and Rachel Weisz stepped forward.

Immediately, seeing that Kate and Rachel have been staying with men, other 'Westeros girls' have also gathered one after another, two generations of heterogeneous girls, Quss Gauff, who has completely completed the transformation from model to actor, Fernanda Lima, Eva Hertzgauva and several other supermodels who came to the West Coast to join the Oscars, and so on.

Faced with the 'aggressiveness' of a group of big goblins, the other guests soon stopped coming forward to join in the fun.

Simon was left surrounded by a group of women.

In the bar, everyone is either envious, ridiculed, jealous or yearning for this scene, but to some extent, they are all accustomed to it. Even if you don't say that Simon Westeros has a terrible net worth, it's just that the other party has power in Hollywood, and it is natural to be surrounded by a large number of beautiful women.

However, it must be a luxury to want a large number of women to get together, and want them to live in harmony.

Intrigue is the norm.

In the end, even Simon couldn't stand it a little, so he simply chose to flash people, and in a group of hungry or resentful or resentful eyes, only Zhu Momo left alone.